Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5051, Stephen Doughty, Mass.

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Decl d 2 nd April 1864 for services to his father Stephen Doughty Private - Mass. Troops, Capt. Wm. Litchgow's Co: 9 monthly Drummer Capt. Wm. Stearnwood's Co: 3 "
Private - 9 monthly Drummer - 3 " 12 monthly
Prof. J. M. Mannus + Edward Doughty credible witnesses
My will
W. L. Vose, Augusta, Me.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Junt.  David Perham  Common Pleas , before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court  Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge  Court , in the matter of the application of Elijah Doughty for heir of Stephen Doughty for a pension. That Moses G. Woodman Esq. before whom the annexed Depositions were taken was at that time & now is the Justice of the Peace. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 10 th day of December
A. D. 1833
J. A. Chandler

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this tenth day of December A. D. 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, David Perham before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r , a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Elijah Doughty a resident of Topsham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged fifty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain for himself & coheirs the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain William Hayward and served in Col. Wadsworth's regiment of the line or troops under the following named officers:-
That his Father Stephen Doughty who he has understood & believes was born at Falmouth, Me. in the year 1749, during the Revolutionary war resided in Topsham aforesaid, and by the evidence of John McMannus & Ichabod Doughty whose depositions are annexed, the said Elijah is informed that his said Father Stephen Doughty enlisted in March 1776 for the period of twelve months as a private in a company commanded by Capt. William Hayward & served faithfully at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine for nine months when he was honorably discharged at that place in November or December of the same year.
That in January of the next year 1777, the said Stephen as the said Elijah fully believes, was drafted for the period of three months as a drummer in Capt. William Hayward's company, that he served at Peekskill, New York, & after serving out that term was honorably discharged and the said Elijah fully believes that said Stephen was absent from home for his last service at least four months.
The said Elijah further on oath declares that his said Father Stephen Doughty died at said Topsham on the twenty second day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty three without having made a declaration of his said services, having been very infirm for a long time previous to his death. That the said Stephen left no other than widow & that his only children & heirs at law are
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his pension certificate is numbered  and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in  in the County of 
and State of Maine, and now resides in Lucy Beale wife of Jonathan Beale of Durham in the County of Cumberland, Kannah Littlefield wife of George Littlefield of said Durham, Rachel Thurston wife of Peter Thurston residing in the State of New Hampshire, Samuel Doughty of said Topsham Stephen Doughty supposed to be living in the State of Ohio, Elizabeth Thurston wife of Eben Thurston of Monmouth, Kennebec County, the said Elijah Doughty by whom this declaration is made.
That he the said Elijah Doughty has no documentary evidence to prove his Father's services & fully believes that there is none in existence. That the evidence of John McMannus & Ichabod Doughty to the services of the said Stephen is annexed to this declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
Elijah Doughty
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David Perham
And the said Judge before whom said Court was held does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he stated by said Elijah in above declaration.
David Perham. Jus Com. Plur.

I John Mc Mannus of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, yeoman, being now Seventy two years old, on oath testify and say, that I first became acquainted with Stephen Doughty of Topsham in the County of Lincoln & State aforesaid in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy six, being the next year after the burning of Falmouth, now Portland; that I was in the same company with him stationed in said Falmouth when we served from March to November of that year making about nine months, that he and myself were employed in military duties & the building of forts there, and he was a private with myself in the company commanded by Captain William Lithgow, George White then of Bowdoinham in said County of Lincoln was our first Lieutenants, and William Arnold of Georgetown in said County of Lincoln was our second Lieutenants. I enlisted for a twelve-month, and I suppose Mr. Doughty enlisted for the same term; but we were all discharged together.
In January of the next year I went on to Pekskeel in the State of New York as a private soldier, and Mr. Doughty went on in company with me to the same station, he acting as a drummer; and we were stationed there about three months, being engaged in the duty of guarding continental stores at that place. Mr. Doughty was discharged about a week before I was, on account of his being unwell. I recollect distinctly that Mr. Doughty was there, as he with the company to which we belonged were quartered in & occupied the same barracks. Our commanding officer was Captain William Stanwood of Brunswick - Benjamin Brunning of Harpswell in the County of Cumberland was our first Lieutenants, & John Hall of said Harpswell was our second Lieutenants. I was absent about four months from home at this time.
I have been acquainted with Mr. Doughty ever since; we living near each other though in different towns; the River Androscoggin separating the two towns, & our farms were nearly opposite each other, the river between. I have been informed that he died this summer past.
John Mc Mannus

State of Maine Lincoln County } }
Dopsham November 9. 1833 Then personally appeared John M c Mannus mentioned within, and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the within deposition by him signed in my presence are true according to the best of his knowledge recollection & belief - Before me
Moses E Woodman, Justice of the Peace -
I certify that the within deponent, John M c Mannus, is a citizen of reputable standing in the town of Brunswick, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, being moreover personally acquainted with him, sustains for truth and veracity a character unimpeached, and his oath would be admitted without hesitancy or objection before any judicial tribunal -
Moses E Woodman Justice of the Peace -

I Ichabod Boughy of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, yeoman, aged seventy seven, on oath, testify and declare; That I am a brother of Stephen Boughy late of Topsham in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid, that I and my said brother went on to Falmouth, now Portland, I then living in said Brunswick & he in said Topsham, in company together as soldiers in the same company under the command of Captain William Lithgow; our first Lieutenant being George White then of Bowdoinham in said County of Lincoln; William Arnold of Arrowsich Island in Georgetown in said County of Lincoln being second Lieutenant; that we both messes together nearly all the time were were in Falmouth, that we served as soldiers together about nine months, having been there from March to November in the year of seventeen hundred and seventy six, being the next year after the burning of Falmouth - that we were occupied in building forts & fortifications and in doing military duty as soldiers. We were discharged in November, and we both returned home together.
In January of the next year, seventeen hundred and seventy seven, my brother Stephen & myself were drafted to go to Peekskill in the State of New York, & was both went there, my said brother being a drummer, both of us being in the same company under the command of Captain William Stanwood then belonging to said Brunswick; that we served there together about three months & we were then discharged & came home, being about about four months from the time we left home - till we returned home again.
My brother continued to reside in said Topsham to the time of his death which took place this summer past.
In presence of Moses E Woodman
Deby B Johnson
Ichabod  his mark Boughy

State of Maine Lincoln County
Topsham November 9. 1833 - Then personally appeared Ichabod Boughty within named, and made solemn oath, that the facts stated in the deposition within written, the same having been read to and fully understood by him, are true according to the best of his knowledge, recollection, & belief; -
Before me Moses E Woodman, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the within deposition, Ichabod Boughty, is to the best of my knowledge and belief, entitled to credibility, and that he sustains a character unimpeached for truth and veracity.
Moses E Woodman, Jus. Peace -

Rev. & 1812 War Section WCS
May 29, 1928
Lucy E. Doughty Bay City, R.F.D. 1 Oregon
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5051, it appears that STEPHEN DOUGHTY was born in 1749 at Falmouth, Maine District.
It was alleged that while a resident of Topsham, Lincoln County, Maine District, he enlisted and served as follows:
From March, 1776, nine months as a private in Captain William Lithgow's Massachusetts Company.
From January, 1777, three months as a drummer in Captain William Stanwood's Massachusetts Company.
He died July 22, 1833, at Topsham, Maine, leaving no widow.
He left the following children: Lucy, wife of Jonathan Beale of Durham; Hannah, wife of George Littlefield of Durham; Rachel, wife of Peter Thurston of New Hampshire; Samuel Doughty of Topsham; Stephen Doughty "supposed to be living in Ohio"; Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Thurston of Monmouth, Maine; and Elijah Doughty who in 1833 was fifty years of age and a resident of Topsham, Maine.

On an application executed December 10, 1833, at Topsham, Maine, the above mentioned children of Stephen Doughty applied for pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of their father. The claim was not allowed as according to the Massachusetts State military records said Stephen Doughty did not serve six months, which was the requirement of the pension law.
No charge is made for this service and three dollars, the amount of your money order, will be refunded to you in due time.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

3-2233
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
..... May 23, 1928
Chief, Rev. 4/18/12. War. Section Division.
I have this day received from Lucy E. Doughty ..... money order..... in the amount of $ 23 00 ....., requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Under $23.00 Finance Dept. notified be refunded
O. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
no. 2

Bay City, Oregon.
April 22, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I sent some time ago for statements regarding the Revolutionary service of two of my ancestors, Abiathar Rogers and Melzar Byram. I received these papers but lost the statement as to price of the same and have never found it. I send with this three dollars, as I think the papers may be a dollar each.
Besides paying for these papers I wish to pay in advance for a statement concerning my great-great-grandfather, Stephen Doughty, as I have but recently learned of his service in the Continental Army. He enlisted at Falmouth, Maine, in a Seacoast Company in August, 1776. He married Hannah Wallace, was living in Topsham, Maine, in 1790, and died there in July, 1833.
Respectfully, Lucy E. Doughty, R.F.D.1. Bay City, Oregon.
Lucy E. Doughty.
M.O. # 183800 $3 00

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1928 May 29 hist. to Lucy F. Doughty med.
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P. O. Stephen Doughty
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
List of 1852 gives full reason for rejection: "He did not serve." Alleges: six months.
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 22 d 1834.4
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Stephen Doughty as a Private is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt William Lithgow's Company, where he is allowed from the last day of August to the 23 d of Novem r 1776. two Months and twenty three days. — — — — — m d 2-23
Stephen Doughty claims for further services under Capt W m Lithgow in 1776. the rolls of Capt W m Lithgow from the 1 st of Jan y to the the last day of August 1776. are found, but the name of Stephen Doughty is not borne on them.
Stephen Doughty claims for services under Capt W m Stanwoods, as a Drummer. the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office
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Edward D. Bangs: Secy

Maine
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